Danaher Business System (DBS) Engineer - Lean Practitioner

Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation. As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. 

Pall is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

Start with an inviting tag line: Are you interested in using your leadership and analytical skills to assist the world’s leading manufacturer of filtration and separation systems in fully automating and improving its global distribution network? Then the Danaher Business System Engineer (DBSE) at PALL Corporation is the perfect position to meet your needs.

The Danaher Business System Engineer (DBSE) is responsible promoting and facilitating the successful application of the Danaher Business System (DBS) within the logistics, warehousing, and distribution network with the Americas Region of PALL Corporation, at our Baltimore Distribution Center, located in Nottingham, MD, and supporting our Pall Timonium site, Pall Deland site, Pall Cortland site, Pall New Port Richey site, and Pall Putnam site; with a specific focus in aiding each site to meet or exceed their Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and Policy Deployment (PD) goals and objectives with regards to logistics and warehouse management operations. The DBSE will employ training and learning of the DBS Fundamental and Lean tools, drive Kaizen Funnel Management, support initiatives, projects and grow his/her/they skills and knowledge within DBS.

This position is part of the PALL Corporation Logistics Team and will be located in Nottingham, MD. The PALL Corporation Logistics Team seeks to provide the highest quality and performance of logistical services for both internal and external customers of PALL Corporation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Innovate new and highly effective standard operating procedures, as well as standard work, for warehouse management that assist in exceeding strategic goals in costs reduction.
• Lead and develop associates in applying DBS fundamentals and principles in the areas of logistics and distribution.
• Participate and help facilitate a major initiative to fully automate the distribution network of a leader in the global manufacturing industry   

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Responsible for driving targeted, sustainable improvement by leveraging DBS tools, consulting skills, and the change management process specifically for OTD (On-Time-Delivery) and Inventory Control metrics.

• Responsible for providing formal as well as informal DBS training and coaching.

• Acts as a leader in Policy Deployment and Daily Management reviews (as appropriate).

• Ensures successful Kaizen events by employing and ensuring compliance to the Kaizen process.

• Promotes and facilitates diagnosis of work-flow impediments and other wastes throughout the business. Provides expert counsel on appropriate DBS tools to eliminate waste and support costs-reduction strategies.

• Lead change management and establish strong DBS culture and methodologies within each logistical component of the supply chain.   

• Performs and supports initiatives, projects and other duties as assigned.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Required to travel up to 20% of business days every two weeks within the continental U.S. and an occasional travel out of the country.
• Must have a valid driver’s license
• Current passport is recommended

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Minimum of two years of experience with proven process improvement and change management skills (required)
• Demonstrated proficiency in time and project management (preferred)
• Demonstrated proficiency applying lean principles specifically in warehousing and distribution settings (preferred)

Pall Corporation, a Danaher company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs